That should read exemption #4; footnote 11 is about cultivated Cyclamen persicum. On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 8:26 AM Joe G <joseph.andrew.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a shipment of 50 packets of Cyclamen seeds from a seed exchange > confiscated & destroyed this spring at the Newark, NJ port of entry, no > reason given; all Cyclamen except cultivated C. persicum are CITES Appendix > II, but Cyclamen fall under CITES exemption #11 which allow export of seed, > and anyway I'd only had APHIS-prohibited species confiscated by the USDA > before, not CITES-protected species. > > Some businesses, individuals and organizations are either pretty good at > keeping you from accidentally or intentionally ordering prohibited > seed/live bulbils (e.g. the Scottish Rock Garden Club's asterisks in their > SeedEx catalog), sneaking prohibited plants in under a defunct name, or > sending seeds as a "botanical sample" or "catalog sample" thus avoiding the > inspection station even when I provided them permits! > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 1:10 AM Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> As I mentioned, two of my original orders arrived unscathed. So there is >> hope. >> >> —Lee >> >> > On Sep 4, 2019, at 9:10 PM, makimoff76@gmail.com wrote: >> > >> > This is a very interesting read, thank you for sending. >> > >> > I just ordered some seeds from Oron Peri and having had no real >> problems in ordering seeds internationally in the past I wonder if they >> will arrive unscathed by the treatment manuals that were probably written >> in the dark cubicles of bureaucratic enclaves of the 1950’s. Funny how >> plants don’t really see borders the same way as humans do, rather they are >> very perceptive of changing climates and droughts and floods and far more >> in tune with nature’s changing ways then a geopolitical line will ever be. >> > >> > Mark Akimoff >> > >> > Illahe Nursery and Gardens >> > Salem, Oregon >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…